Mortality of Department of Veterans Affairs patients undergoing coronary revascularization in private sector hospitals.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

A limitation of studies comparing outcomes of Veterans Affairs (VA) and private sector hospitals is uncertainty about the methods of accounting for risk factors in VA populations. This study estimates whether use of VA services is a marker for increased risk by comparing outcomes of VA users and other patients undergoing coronary revascularization in private sector hospitals.

Data sources

Males 67 years and older undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG; n=687,936) surgery or percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI; n=664,124) during 1996-2002 were identified from Medicare administrative data. Patients using VA services during the 2 years preceding the Medicare admission were identified using VA administrative files.

Study design

Thirty-, 90-, and 365-d

SUBMITTER: Vaughan-Sarrazin MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2254571 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature